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The cunning little vixen : opera in three acts /

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The tale of a quick-witted fox and her escape from confinement for a life in the forest that is by turns playful and violent, The Cunning Little Vixen is an unsentimental parable of death and rebirth that lives through the instinctive and immediate world of nature, animal and human, which Janáček l...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928 (Composer, Librettist)
Corporate Author: London Philharmonic Orchestra (Performer)
Format: Video
Language:Czech
Language Notes:Sung in Czech; with English subtitles.
Published: Lewes, England : Glyndebourne, 2012.
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Operas.
Streaming videos.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:The tale of a quick-witted fox and her escape from confinement for a life in the forest that is by turns playful and violent, The Cunning Little Vixen is an unsentimental parable of death and rebirth that lives through the instinctive and immediate world of nature, animal and human, which Janáček loved so much. Melly Still's production for Glyndebourne finds the 'delicate balance between whimsy and mysticism' (Daily Telegraph) at the heart of the opera, which Vladimir Jurowski conducts 'with lustrous style: you can hear the birds in the score, feel the sunshine and thrill to the starlit night sky in the final scene' (Opera Today).
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed June 15, 2016).
Physical Description:1 online resource (97 min.)
Playing Time:01:36:46
Production Credits:Melly Still, stage director; Tom Pye, set designer; Dinah Collin, costume designer; Paule Constable, lighting designer; Maxine Doyle, choreographer; Kevin McCurdy, fight director; Thomas Grimm, video director.